News, guidelines and various community projects
Recently active
Happy Monday Community! Your favorite contest , Veeam Oxford Style Debate is back! October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so I thought we should use the occasion to start a debate around something we’re hearing more and more about: malware detection in the backup environment. Debate Statement: “Using Veeam for malware detection (Inline Entropy and YARA scanning) is a distraction from dedicated EDR tools.” ( thank you @Viperian for this one 😉) What I am looking for this round Real-world experience with Veeam’s malware detection capabilities Where you see Inline Entropy and YARA scanning adding value — or falling short How you see these capabilities working alongside EDR And most importantly, why you agree or disagree with the statementI’m not looking for a simple “EDR is better” or “Veeam can do it too.” Bring your examples, technical arguments, and different perspectives. New Here? Pick a side: FOR or AGAINST Keep it concise. Challenge someone else's argument. Back your opinion
Hello Veeam community! 😊VDC recently added a new capability to send events from the Control Plane and Microsoft 365 to SIEM platforms (with Entra ID coming soon as well).Today, it supports Splunk and CrowdStrike, but there is also a 3rd connector that opens the door to many more possibilities: the Generic Webhook connector. 🤩And of course… that gave some ideas, right? As a big Grafana fan, I started wondering: could we use this webhook to send VDC events into Grafana and build a dedicated dashboard?So, et voilà guys… I built it in my lab. 😄I used my usual monitoring stack: Telegraf → InfluxDB → GrafanaThe full setup, configuration, and all the steps are available in my latest blog article: https://home.point4.fr/monitoring-vdc-using-grafana/And just to give you a small preview, here is what the final dashboard looks like.Of course, I’m also sharing the Grafana JSON dashboard file, so you don’t have to start from scratch. 😉Hope you enjoy it!❤️ to this community.
IntroductionCloud is not always the most cost-effective solution for every workload.We recently worked with a customer who was experiencing increasing costs in Microsoft Azure. The customer was running approximately 40 virtual machines (VMs) in Azure, and as the environment continued to grow, so did the monthly operational costs.The primary goal of the project was straightforward:Reduce the customer's infrastructure costs without compromising availability, security, backup, or future scalability.After evaluating several alternatives, we concluded that moving the workloads from Azure to a dedicated on-premises environment hosted in our data center provided the best long-term financial outcome.Evaluating the OptionsWe looked at several possible solutions: Continue hosting the environment in Azure Host the infrastructure with a third-party provider Rent rack space in a data center, including power and cooling Deploy the infrastructure at the customer's own location After comparing t
I have always been intrigued by people on stage.There was something about the spotlight that pulled me in. Watching someone stand in front of a room, capture attention, tell a story, explain something complex, and make people feel part of the moment fascinated me. At some point, that fascination turned into an itch. I did not just want to watch anymore. I wanted to step into the spotlight myself.My own journey started internally. I began by giving presentations to colleagues, explaining technology, and later speaking with customers about virtualization projects. That started around 2005. At first, it was not about becoming a stage performer. It was about sharing knowledge, explaining technology, and helping people understand what was possible.But the real push came when I watched Daniel van Soest and Tony Krijnen doing TechEd Live sessions for Microsoft.At that time, Microsoft was pushing Hyper-V heavily, and Daniel and Tony decided to have some fun with that. They presented themselves
Something will go wrong.Not maybe.Not if.It will.A screen turns black. A microphone stops working. A demo decides to become modern art. The clicker dies. The internet disappears. The deck formatting breaks. The room is different than expected. Someone interrupts. Someone walks out. Or you simply lose your flow for a moment. Welcome to presenting. That is not the exception. That is part of the job.The difference between a beginner and a seasoned presenter is not that one has problems and the other does not.The difference is how they recover.The audience does not need perfection. They need to see that you can stay calm, honest, and present when the plan breaks. First, breatheWhen something goes wrong, your first reaction sets the tone.If you panic, the room feels it.If you get irritated, the room feels it.If you stay calm, the room relaxes.So first: breathe.Take a second. Read the room. Decide what the moment needs.Did everyone notice it?Can you continue?Do you need to pause?Can you turn
Всем привет,Наш файл резервной копии Veeam Agent был частично зашифрован программой-вымогателем. Процесс шифрования был прерван, и затронута только первая часть файла (1 МБ).Подробности: - Файл: dm-1c2 - 192.168.10.x.vbk, ~630 ГБ - Ошибка при монтировании: "Не удалось создать резервную копию источника монтирования. Версия хранилища [...] не поддерживается для доступа только для чтения" — заголовок некорректен. - vbkview завершается с ошибкой "недопустимое максимальное количество банков слота снимка". - Шифрование резервной копии (пароль репозитория) НЕ было включено. - Файл метаданных .vbm полностью цел и доступен для чтения (XML, версия 2626). - Критические идентификаторы: Идентификатор резервной копии = 508d4cc8-d124-4053-b6fb-b4a5190445c6, Идентификатор задания = d0d61837-77e6-4b8b-8319-fc6a449901db, Имя задания = dm-1c2, Тип задания = 12000 (Агент Veeam). - Шестнадцатеричный анализ подтверждает: все данные, начиная со смещения 1 048 576, целы — нули, стандартные индексные структуры
Hi,i am using Community Edition of Backup and Replication. In special i have been using a script to start Veeam ZIP to get a standalone full Backup. This has been working flawless for quite a while.There has been Issues with Powershell in the past, so i have to start the batch explizit with the “new” powershell version. But this was about a year ago.So i got a running Version of Backup an Replication (13.0.2.29) then i upgraded to 13.1.1.18 and Veeam ZIP stopped working with the following Error Message: Error: Unable to cast object of type 'Veeam.Backup.Core.CFreeVmBackupTarget' to type 'Veeam.Backup.Core.CVmBackupTarget'.I searched the Internet and have been finding very few users with the same problem. One of them provided two solutions: Revert back to functional version, or contact Support and get a hotfix to makle changes on DLL.i do not want to revert back, because i think this is a greate Problem which has to be adressed by the support generally.I filed a case by the Veeam Supp
A great session does not start when you walk on stage.It starts much earlier.It starts when you see the title and abstract.It starts when you think about the audience.It starts when you ask what kind of room you are walking into.It starts when you check the language, the theme, the format, the time, the technology, and the story you want people to remember.From the audience side, a strong presentation can look natural. Maybe even effortless. But that is the trick.It looks effortless because the preparation happened before. The audience sees the performance.But the performance is protected by preparation.And for me, preparation is not just checking if the slides are done.It is preparing the story, the timing, the room, the technology, the opening, the transitions, the possible failures, and yourself. Because preparation gives you freedom. The better you prepare, the more natural you can be when the unexpected happens. Start with the title and abstractFor me, preparation often starts wit
Hey Veeam Community,I am having a problem backing up my personal workstation to an external hard drive.I am using the free version of Veeam Agent for Windows.When I backup, my main (C:) Internal SSD shows:Local SSD (C:) (476.1 GB) 262.5 GB read at 142 MB/sHowever, my other Internal SSD ‘terabyte’ (X:)Terabyte (X:) (953.9 GB) 3.8 GB read at 4 MB/s.I benchmarked both of my drives with CrystalDiskMark and they both got good similar results being Sata SSD’s, so the X: drive should not be this slow.I’ve tried swapping sata ports, changing cables, disable throttling when system is in use, etc. Nothing seems to help.Can anyone help me diagnose what is causing one drive to backup so much faster? Thanks, Mike
Slides are not the story. You are.Your slides are there to support the journey, not to become the journey.I often think about slides as the compass that helps steer the session. They help guide the audience through the why, the how, and the what. I often use the Golden Circle thinking for that. Why are we talking about this? How does it work? What does it mean in practice?But the slides should never become the full script.They should not be the thing you hide behind.They should not be the reason you know what to say.They should be a backdrop.A visual anchor.A photograph moment.A way to make something complex easier to understand.A way to help the audience remember the story. But if the screen goes black, the story should still be alive. Because the real presentation is not in the deck. It is in you. Slides are the compass, not the driverA good slide helps steer the journey. It points the audience in the right direction. It helps them understand where they are in the story. It gives the
I ran into a situation recently where one of our VSPC servers stopped working after a Windows patch update. The portal was dead. I went ahead and upgraded to VSPC 9.2 and that brought everything back online. Except the April license usage report never got generated. It was stuck. I could not finalize it or submit it. If you are using VCSP /w rental licensing, you know that the report has to go to Veeam every month. A missing one is not something you can just ignore (Not for lack of trying 😊). I opened a support case and Veeam Support gave me a procedure to regenerate the report. It worked. I am documenting it here because I could not find this written up anywhere and I know other providers might encounter something similar. Step 1. Back up the VSPC SQL database.Take a fresh backup of the VSPC database first. Veeam covers this in KB1471. If the SQL work later goes bad you want something clean to restore. Step 2. Update the configuration overrides file.Open this file on your VSPC serve
Hi, I get that since I have two servers to backup, both physical windows servers, that it is two licenses (instances?). From what i gather the Veeam essentials package will let me backup a server as a whole server for the $475, which includes 5 licenses. If so does the 500 gig per licence apply still? I am told that if I am backing up the entire server it does not. I dont know for sure. I rather not backup the whole server. I rather backup just the data folders/shares.I have 7tb on the file server, and 1 tb on the sql server. I will replace backup exec with Veeam on my dedicated backup server whose only job is to run backup software to its local huge raid volume. No cloud involved.Or do I need to instead buy enoughj licenses at 500 gigs each to cover the 8 total tbs? Do I need both server license and data license? Then i heard that Veeam has a new third option : "Veeam's June 2026 licensing policy lists Capacity Pack Essentials, specifically for larger NAS/unstructured-data
The polls are open again!You’ve been busy sharing, writing, testing, explaining, and probably arguing with your lab environment again… 😄We’ve picked six articles from this month’s submissions, and now it’s over to you.Have a read, pick your favourite, and cast your vote for Blog of the Month. I’m curious to see if the community agrees with our shortlist!And I’m adding a little challenge for October.🛡️ October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so let’s fill the community with some security knowledge. Share an article this month about something you’ve worked on, learned, discovered, or simply think other Veeam people should know about. No need to make it complicated. If it’s useful to you, chances are it’ll be useful to someone else too. So… who’s taking the Blog of the Month title this month, and who’s taking on the October cybersecurity challenge? 😉Good luck to our six finalists and happy voting!@TidusandYuna , @fabian.papenfuss , @Marcel.K , @eprieto , @Michael Melter , @Dyn
I’m getting the below error after upgrading Veeam servers from v12 to the latest release of v13. It’s a windows based install of Veeam, and it is connected to a (dedicated to Veeam only) AD domain.My user has local administrator permissions, Veeam Backup Administrator permissions, and MFA disabled for testing/troubleshooting purposes. The is happening across each of the Veeam v13 servers I have on the domain.It is only happening for mine and one other engineer’s user accounts, but other engineer’s accounts are not affected. We are all in the same AD groups so permissions are the same.I have tried removing Veeam Backup Administrator permissions from my account, rebooting, and re-adding, to no effect.Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions for what else to check? In the meantime I have a case open with Veeam support, and hoping they can come up with something.Relevant logs:[19.01.2026 21:07:36.194] <126> Error (1) Veeam.Backup.IdentityService.Shared.CSystemAccountProvid
Heads up: this plug-in is upcoming and not GA. What's shown is a pre-release build and may change before it ships. If you want to get ahead of it, reach out to your Everpure team.I recorded a quick walkthrough of the upcoming Everpure (formerly Pure Storage) plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1. It does two things: it supports 13.1 on both Windows and the Linux-based Veeam Software Appliance (VSA), and it takes advantage of the Fusion fleet-wide management built into every Everpure array. I focused on the VSA.What's in the demo:Install on the VSA. In Host Management, go to Logs and Services > Components and add the plug-in bundle. A Windows executable covers Windows installs. Hardened by design. The VSA's Security Officer role keeps separation of duties. Pair that with SafeMode and MFA on the array for layered security. Backup from storage snapshots, on by default. As long as your proxies can reach the storage over iSCSI, NFS or Fibre Channel, jobs process VMs with stora
Every environment has a system that everyone knows is old, but nobody can simply turn off.During a new Veeam Data Platform 13 deployment, I reached one of those systems: an Oracle 10g database running in a Solaris zone. It held almost 48 TiB of data and supported core applications and services used across a worldwide company.The customer knew it needed to be modernized. They also estimated that replacing or migrating the applications and databases around it would cost millions of dollars. That project wasn’t going to happen before we needed a reliable backup.The backup job wouldn’t completeMy initial plan was to protect the Oracle workload as part of the new Veeam deployment. The jobs failed, so I started troubleshooting them like any other failed backup.Eventually, the support requirements gave me the answer. The Veeam Plug-In for Oracle RMAN supports Oracle Database 11g Release 2 and newer; Oracle 10g isn’t listed. Solaris 10 is listed as a supported operating system for the standalo
There is something satisfying about getting a new piece of hardware into the lab.You can read documentation, look at architecture diagrams, and talk about specifications all day, but I always prefer getting my hands on the actual hardware. Unbox it, rack it, cable it, configure it, integrate it, and then see how it performs.Recently, I had the opportunity to add a new Dell PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410 to our lab. The goal was simple: Take the DD3410 from the shipping box to a working Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1 repository.In this blog, I’ll walk through the process I used:Unboxing and installing the DD3410 Initial hardware and iDRAC setup Configuring DD OS Configuring networking Preparing storage Enabling DD Boost Creating the Veeam storage unit and account Adding the DD3410 to Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1 Creating and running the first backup job A few configuration and performance considerations I found along the wayThis isn't intended to replace the Dell or Veeam d
Yesterday, our October episode of the Veeam 100 Show went live! This time, we explored “Building an Immutable Island with Veeam” and how Coombe Hospital, a leading women’s hospital in Dublin, Ireland, strengthened its local resilience with a Veeam-powered secure and immutable local retention solution.The solution uses hardened, redundant Linux-based backup storage delivered as a service by Veeam VCSP provider Vault365, helping the hospital recover quickly when it matters most.A big thank you to @Stephen Seagrave , Bryan, and @Viperian for joining us and sharing the story! Missed the show or want to watch it again? Catch it below.
No video from us this week, but we didn’t want to leave you without your weekly community fix! 😄With Rick travelling and me still getting over a little bug, we decided to bring you a Community Recap post instead. And we are breaking the rule as well 😁Here are a few things from the community that caught our attention this week.Have a look, tell us what you think, and we’ll be back on video very soon!Featured Content via @Marcel.K via @Chris.Childerhose via @Michael Melter Breaking the rule for good reasons! @Viperian created a fantastic series on how to own the stage, here is the first article from the series. You can find all articles in the Blogs and Podcast section: Vanguard Blog Spotlight This week we are spotlighting @joaquim with a great video on VDC: https://explainit.com.br/video-veeam-data-cloud-for-m365-restore/ Special Department Newsvia @kira.bezhanova and @morgan.munck via @HangTen416 , @Chris.Childerhose , @MatzeB , @Pybarra and Ryan via @Madi.Cristil
A presentation is not a one way broadcast. At least, not for me.Yes, you are the person on stage. Yes, you prepared the story. Yes, you probably have the slides, the timing, the structure, and the key message in your head. But the audience is not just sitting there as decoration.They are part of the session. They respond.Sometimes with questions.Sometimes with laughter.Sometimes with silence.Sometimes with a nod.Sometimes with a smile.Sometimes with whispers after you showed something interesting.Sometimes with that look that says, “I am not sure I understand this yet.”And sometimes with that look that says, “Finally, someone is saying what I have been thinking for years.” Interaction is not only Q&A. Interaction is the room talking back to you, sometimes without words and if you learn to read those signals, they become your compass.They tell you if you are on the right track.They tell you if you need to slow down.They tell you if you can go deeper.They tell you if you are losing p
Hi all,I had a customer who needed a way to obtain Veeam Software Appliance (VAS) updates within a closed OT/dark site/closed environment.However, the challenge was that they lacked Linux experience and would prefer to do everything in native Windows, without using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). If you have no idea what I am talking about, read this section of the Veeam help center: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/update_appliance_configure_updates.html?ver=13#setting-up-custom-update-configurationSo my idea was to build/configure two components:1) A PowerShell script that can be run in Windows to download the necessary files from repository.veeam.com to a computer with internet access and then zip the files into a single large Zip file. 2) Create an IIS server website with all update files needed for the VSA. Then we can easily hand-carry the Zip files from the internet-connected Windows computer to the IIS server in the OT/dark site/closed environment with you pre
Hi all,I am setting up a multi-VM multi-network restore test environment using Surebackup. Our DNS-server is a physical box so I would like to perform name resolution from within the isolated environments towards that physical box - as the resolved IP-addresses would be running inside the isolated environment as well, this should not form any issues.However, I did not find a (supported) way to customize the routing rules on the lab proxy VM, and eventually the egress NAT-rules (for masquerading the DNS-requests) in case I should add them.Any advice is very welcome.Best regards,Jan
The audience listens to your words.But they also read your body.Before you say anything, people already start forming an opinion. They look at how you enter the stage. How you stand. How you breathe. Where your hands are. Whether you look comfortable. Whether you look nervous. Whether you look like you want to be there.That is stage presence.For me, stage presence is the ability to command the energy of a room and make the audience feel instantly connected to you. It is the invisible magnet that pulls everyone’s attention forward. It transforms a presentation from something people merely watch into something they actively feel.And often, the most powerful stage presence starts before the first word. The power of stillnessWhen someone has strong stage presence, one of the first things I notice is how they control silence and stillness. A great performer does not rush to fill the void.They step up, plant their feet and hold the audience’s gaze for a moment. They allow the room to feel th
Here's a short one from the field that might save you some troubleshooting time. The setupWe had an unmanaged Oracle RMAN plug-in on SUSE Linux. It ran fine for a long time under VBR 13.0.2 and earlier with the matching plug-in version. We upgraded VBR to 13.1.1.18 and then updated the plug-in. The 13.1 plug-in also needs a new OpenSSL package, so we installed that and checked it as well. Everything looked clean. The problemAfter the upgrade, the RMAN backups failed. The plug-in could no longer talk to the backup server properly.Nothing in the upgrade documentation suggested any further step was needed, so we opened a support case. What changed under the hoodWe compared the plug-in's veeam_config.xml from before and after the upgrade:The stored VBR fingerprint changed from a 40-character value (SHA-1 length) to a 64-character value (SHA-256 length). The encrypted passwords (VBR user and Oracle DB credentials) are stored in a different format afterwards.So the ciphers and hashing behind
The opening of a session is not just the start.It is the moment where the audience decides what kind of experience this is going to be.Will they lean in? Will they relax?Will they trust you?Will they stay curious?Or will they quietly reach for their phone and disappear into email, Teams, LinkedIn, or whatever else is waiting for them?That first moment matters.You do not need to walk on stage like a rock star. You do not need fireworks. You do not need to shout. But you do need to create attention, confidence, and connection.A strong opening gives the audience a fast peek into what to expect.Performance wise. Content wise. Energy wise.It tells them, without saying it directly:You are safe here.This will be interesting.This will be worth your time.And yes, we are going on a journey together. Do not start by becoming your own title slideI normally do not start with:“Hi, I am Edwin, and today I am going to talk about…”Of course, sometimes you need to introduce yourself. But I prefer to cre
Already have an account? Login
No account yet? Create an account
Enter your E-mail address. We'll send you an e-mail with instructions to reset your password.
